by Optimus Painting | Sep 15, 2013 | Uncategorized
A small residential condominium located in the heart of downtown Boston received a well-needed update. Our crew provided extensive work restoring picture moulding, windows, and trim, expertly painting the interior walls a beautiful soft grey. There’s nothing better than immaculate walls contrasted with classic wood trim finished just right. Each assignment we undertake includes lead paint safety procedures to protect you and your family. Furthermore, we take pride in offering our customers custom color consultation and design advice to meet and exceed your expectations. This collaboration between the Optimus team and your home team is vital to ensure that the details of your interior painting project are exactly the way they should be, and allows the client to become part of the creative process. -The Optimus Crew Before Treat Yourself to a Stylish New...
by Optimus Painting | Sep 4, 2013 | Exterior House Painting
Painting the exterior of your home is a project that requires you to do everything by the book. The painting contractor and the type of exterior paint used plays an important role in protecting your home from the elements. This is especially important for Boston exterior painting projects where strong winds, high humidity, and icy cold winter temperatures can quickly put your home at risk. At Optimus Painting and Restoration, not only the beauty, but also the safety of your home is our priority. Here are a few things to keep in mind when selecting your Greater Boston painting contractor: It’s an absolute necessity to thoroughly prepare the exterior surface your home prior to applying a coat of paint. Good prep is the secret to making sure that your exterior painting project will hold up for years to come, and good prep requires a contractor with the right tools, such as: Carbide scrapers that keep a razor sharp edge even after scraping an entire house. State of the art sanding equipment that effectively contains hazardous dust. And, of course, a power washer, to remove any mold or dirt from the exterior surface of your home before painting. Furthermore, good exterior prep requires an expert’s knowledge of materials. For example, there are many different types of exterior patching compounds. Some are only appropriate for filling small nail or screw holes, and if they are used to cheaply fill a large hole, say, in a window sill, they will quickly crack and fall out due to the extremes of temperature and moisture in New England. However, there are other patching compounds...
by Optimus Painting | Jun 15, 2013 | Featured, Interior House Painting
At Optimus Painting and Restoration we’re committed to making your home even more beautiful by our painting technique and choice of materials. We start by a free evaluation of the project during which we listen to your specific needs and recommend the best approach to meet them. You can then expect a timely and professional execution of the work by a team of amiable painters. Our team transforms your living or working space through meticulous attention to detail, use of premium painting products, and state of the art...
by Optimus Painting | Apr 18, 2013 | Featured, Interior House Painting
At Optimus, we tackle the details. We are experts in interior residential painting and have the experience and know-how to correctly balance your space. This is your home. Why not splurge a little? Color is oftentimes the toughest decision most homeowners face. The typical homeowner who decides to tackle a paint job on their own confronts dozens of trips to a paint store, determining which brand of paint to use, bringing samples home, commuting back to the paint store to acquire more samples after feeling dissatisfied with the results. At Optimus, we come to your home. We help you select the best paint quality and finish for your project. We offer complimentary estimates and provide consultation to help ensure proper color balance, and a detailed written estimate so you are in the know. No time is wasted, no gas is burned, and most importantly, your space receives the right kind of care it deserves. -The Optimus Crew...
by Optimus Painting | Apr 11, 2010 | Interior House Painting
In older Boston homes we routinely encounter a variety of textures that must be removed or changed prior to adding a new coat of paint. Some textures are more difficult to remove than others, and occasionally preparation will require more time than the painting itself. Yet this additional time is crucial to a good finish. With proper preparation, our painters are able to deliver unparalleled precision in our painting, which is the kind of quality our customers have come to expect from the Optimus Painting crew. If you look closely at the ‘before’ photographs below, you can see that the walls are covered with heavy paint drips and an unsightly rough texture. The previous painters made several serious mistakes: They “removed” wallpaper but failed to wash the glue off the walls before painting. They “removed” wallpaper, but not all of it! There were many bits of the wallpaper’s backing still stuck to the walls and trim. When they painted they decided to tape the trim and presumably felt that this gave them license to smear the paint on heavily, and unevenly, producing sags and drips all over the walls. All of these mistakes combined make for a horrible wall finish. In cases like this it is necessary to skim-coat the walls in order to restore them to their former pleasant evenness. Skim-coating involves scraping major high spots and loose plaster off of the walls, applying several, successively thinner, layers of dura-bond, before sanding the walls smooth and painting. Furthermore, we remove as much of the old paint from the trim as we can, by carefully scraping it away, and...
